Recombinant human erythropoietin attenuates homocysteine-induced apoptosis in cultured endothelial cells via upregulating nuclear factor-κB
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1673-4165.2013.06.008
- VernacularTitle:重组人红细胞生成素通过上调核因子-κB p65减少同型半胱氨酸诱导的培养内皮细胞凋亡
- Author:
Minzi LI
;
Zhenhua LIU
;
Weihong YANG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Erythropoietin;
Homocysteine;
Endothelium,Vascular;
Endothelial Cells;
Apoptosis;
NF-κB
- From:
International Journal of Cerebrovascular Diseases
2013;21(6):450-454
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective To investigate the effect of erythropoietin (EPO) on vascular endothelial cell apoptosis induced by homocysteine (Hcy) and the role of nuclear factor-κB (NF-κB) p65.Methods Human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs) were divided into normal control,Hcy treatment,EPO pretreatment,and simple EPO groups.The cell viability was detected by the methylthiazolyl tetrazolium (MTT) assay,the apoptosis rate was measured by flow cytometry,and the expression of NF-κB p65 was tested by Western blot.Results The apoptosis rates in the groups of the normal control,Hcy treatment,EPO pretreatment and simple EPO (all n =3) were 2.23 ± 0.4％,12.8 ± 1.2％,3.2 ± 0.5％ and 2.18 ± 0.6％,respectively (F =1 105.630,P =0.000).The apoptosis rate in the Hcy treatment goup was significantly higher than that in the normal control group (P =0.000) ; there was no significant differences between the simple EPO group and the normal control group (P =0.616); the apoptosis rates in the groups of EPO pretreatment (P =0.000) and simple EPO (P =0.000) were significantly lower than that in the Hcy treatment group.Western blot analysis showed that the normal control group almost did not express NF-κB p65.The expression of NF-κB p65 in the groups of Hcy treatment,simple EPO and EPO pretreatment (all n =3) were 66.1 ± 7.3,1 046.1 ± 71.3 and 1 362.4 ± 25.3,respectively.There were significant differences among the 3 groups (F =1 310.954,P =0.000).The expression of NF-κB p65 in the groups of EPO pretreatment (P =0.000) and simple EPO (P=0.000) were significantly higher than that in the HCY group.The expression of NF-κB p65 in the EPO pretreatment group was significantly higher than that in the simple EPO group (P =0.007).Conelusions EPO may attenuate Hcy-induced endothelial cell apoptosis via upregulating the expression of NF-κB p65.
